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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Why Increase the List?-"Tompkins,'
said somewhat rapid travelling man TO
friend whose tastes and habits were very
much like his own, "I'm very much wor-
ried." II wouldn't cultivate II, my dear
fellow. But what's the matter?" Debts.
I'm overW helmed with them. l can't turn
a corner without running into creditor
There the halter, and the tailor, and the
gents furnisher, and the florist, and :he
liveryman-in fact, | don't see but one
way out of the difficulty" "What is that ~
"I've a good mind 10 commit suicide"
"And add the undertaken TO the listg My
dear fellow, at least be reasonable."-Ner,
chant Trdueler.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
Vicinity Items.

The wheelmen of Streator have organ.
lied bicycle club
The Knights of Labor Of Spring Valley
have opened public library.
Mrs. Jas. Cahil Of Peru died on last
Friday night She was native OF Kerry
county, Ireland, and was IS years OF age
La Sale county ia credited with having
90 Protestant Sunday schools with total
membership Of 1896 teachers and schol-
ars.
Freeport will bore for natural gas. A
fund Of $1,000 has been subscribed, and II
is determined to 60 5000 feet Into the
earth II necessary.
Billy Myers returned to Streator on sat.
urday, bearing no marks OF his recent bat
tie at Minneapolis He was met at the de-
pot by crowd Of admirers and escorted to
the Plumb House In carriage In style.
The county teachers association met In
Ottawa Saturday, and recognized by elect
ing the following officers: President Prof.
VIM. Jenkins, Mendoza; Vice Presidents
and Executive Committee, PrOfs. b, =
Cotton, Ottawa; j. p. Yoder, Marseillesi
and r. A. Moore, Dimmick; Secretary and
Treasurer, Eliza Sage, Ottawa. The first
meeting VIII Oe nelu ON NOV. ~, AT WHICH
State Supt. Edwards is expected to be pres
ent.
Josephus Hiltabrand has struck small
fortune In we'll. Our informant says he
deepened his old we'll about 35 feet, and at
the depth of 65 feet bored few feet fur
Their, when the water forced It's way up so
rapidly that II was impossible to wall it
1t quickly filled TO the depth of about 81
feet To save the we'll he sunk wooden
curb and inside placed 1Sinch tilIng. He
then filed In around the curling to the TOP
of the water and walled above it to the top
And now Mr.. Hiltabrand expects to have an
abundant supply through all the drouths to
come.-I'Onica Ne,cs.
Early on Sunday morning the water
broke through the roof Of the Otter Creek
shaft of the Coal Run Coal Co., coming
from the quicksand that caused so much
trouble in sinking the shaft. No men
were working In the shaft at the time ex.
cept the watchmen. The water came In a
strong stream, filling up all the workings
and rising part way into the shaft, wnen 1t
came to stand A large pump was rugged
the next afternoon, and 1t is expected that
In a few days the water will be pumped
out, the leak stopped, and the mine again
at work. 1t employs about $50 miners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
The Rush for Lands,

A telegram of Friday from Fargo, Dakota
thus describes the rush for lands at that
land office:
Filings commenced to day on the North
Pacific indemnity lands. Before the land
Office opened this morning hundreds Of
the sQuatters we're massed the office, and
the United States marshal took charge,
making them form In line and take their
turns. BY rapid work l0S filings were
made. At this rate 1t will take weeks to
get all In. The past two days have been
better than gold mine to attorneys. The
land lawyers, charging SOS, nominally as a
retaining fee In the suit for the land, and
others $40 for making out the papers, one
firm cleared $4,000, and many other a'tor.
neys from 81 500 down to $500. One man
made large amount by guaranteeing the
lands at $50 each, to refund the money In
case of failure. He will have business
east soon. Seine of the wellinformed had
their papers made out by notaries at cost
Of So. Many Of the men who bought and
cultivated the lands, were represented by
attorneys, and rendered the officials the
government price of land under the Spoon.
er act of the last congress, which was of
course, refused. The total amount rendered
was not less than $4,000. Others filed
lists of their lands with the notice that
they intend to purchase them under this
recent law. Among the filers are bankers
merchants, and other prominent citizens
who are making claims. In the interest OF
the bonanza farmers one leading attorney
of Fargo refused any share In the harvest
from conscientious scruple. He will prob.
ably be sent to congress.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
A Gift for All,

In order to give all a chance to test it, and
thus be convinced of its wonderful curative
powers, Dr. Kings New Discovery Tor Con-
sumption. Coughs and Colds, will be, for a
limited time, given away. This offer is not
only liberal, but shows unbounded faith in
the merits of this great remedy. All who
suffer from Coughs, Colds, Consumption,
Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection Of
Throat, Chest, or Lungs, are especially re.
quested to call at D. Lorriaux's Drug Store,
and get Trial Bottle Free, Large Bottles,
500.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
Good Enough for HIM

Mr.. Asa B. Rowley, Druggist, was In.
duced to try some of the Papillon Catarrh
Cure by his customers, after several physi.
clans predicted he would soon have con.
sumption from an aggravated case of Ca.
tarrh. He says: 1.-THE result was unprece.
dented. I commenced to get we'll after
the first application and am now, after a
few weeks, entirely cured" Papillon lex
tract of flax Catarrh Cure will do all that
is claimed for It, Large bottles 800. For
sale by T. Z. Gapen & Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The people as a mass seldom make mis-.
takes. This accounts for the large demand
for Dir Bigelow's Positive Cough Cure. 1t
has gwen such perfect satisfaction that some
druggists offer an imitation on which they
make larger profit. Beware of both the
imitation and the druggist both will cheat
you. The genuine is so y by E Y. Griggs and
will promptly and safeaY cure coughs, colds,
and all throat and lung diseases Price, SOC.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Like the lilies of the field-"I have
always admired young Sniderly, he Is 80
trim and neat His clothes always fit him,
and he looks as though he had just emerg.
ed from a bandbOx."
"Well, 1t won't be long before he will
look as slovenly as the rest of u.s."
"Why?'
HE was married two weeks ago."-Lin.
coin Journal.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Americans are breaking down under high
pressure application to business and duties
at the desk; they are losing nerve force.
DR.. jones' Red Clover Tonic restores lost
nerve force by supplying food for the nerve
tissues, and by its gentle operative action re.
moves all restraint from the secretive organs,
hence, curing all diseases of the stomach,
liver and kidneys E. Y. Griggs will supply
the genuine Red Clover Tonic at so cents q
bottle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The best on eartn can truly be said Of
Griggs' Glycerine Salve, which is q sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts bruises, scalds,
burns, wounds and all other sores. Will pos.
lively cure piles, letter and all skin erup-
items. Try this wonder healer. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Only 20
cents. Sold by E. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Perhaps 1t Is Tuttla who edits the Min.
neapolts Tribune.--COurier.J Journal
1t is not The Tribune is edited by the
son of father, the father in the present
instance being that charming mugwump,
Editor Haskins of the Boston Heraid.-Er.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Mr.. P. NJ. Arthur, chief of the locomo.
tive engineers, believes In sbolishing pow.
erty with Precipitation and persistency. Mr..
Arthur is workingman who works like a
man, and, as a consequence, talks like one.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
The Moravians of the Old North State

No people stand higher in this country
for veracity and integrity than do the Mo
ravians of Salem, N. G. Mr.. Jonas Lime.
bach is one of the oldest living members
of that excellent religious sect. He is now
SO years old He has just been cured of
cancer Let him tell his OWE remarkable
story, as follows:
WINSTON, N. c., April 10, 1887
Gentlemen-Two or three years ago a
cancer came on my face. 1t soon grew to
be quite large. 1t wore on me, and my
general health was very poor. Last Sep
ltember began a course of 8. s. s., which
l have continued to the present time with
the happiest result The cancer has en-.
tirely disappeared, there being no evidence
or symptoms of cancerous character left
My general health is good now, and my
appetite better than 1t has been in years
am SO years old, and today am working
in the field planting corn.
Yours truly, JONAS LIMEBACH.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, At
lanta, Ga.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

II see star, Ewes first born, In whose
train"
Comes the damp twilight that bringeth
pain.
For aches of head, neuralgia, cut, and
bruise,
Try Salvation OIL, these will you lose.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The Convention OF the American Ship
ping and Industrial League met In Boston
on Friday last. Mayor O'Brien welcomed
the delegates. Ten States were represent
ed by $50 delegates. V. r. Spofford, of
Massac husetts, was chosen President. Sena-
tor Frye, of Maine, said he had been doing
all he could to lift up from death the Am
erican merchant marine, but ship-owners
were lying on their oars and doing nothing.
Organized work was the power In this
country, and there was nothing to which
Congress was more sensitative than the
voice of the voting population. 1t is time,
he thought, that the American people woke
up to the fact that, unless market was
soon found for American manufactures
outside the country, there would be an over
production. If we had all the ships we
needed we could not sail them Cheaply
enough to compete with England. The
way TO compete successfully was to have
Congress put Its hand into that big surplus
and pay for sailing merchant ships under
the American flag. 1t was great task TO
get such measure adopted, but organized
effort would accomplish 1t. Mr.. Sperry, Of
Connecticut, said that II the United States
would have Its commerce restored II must
meet Great Britain on Its own ground Of
bounlies and subsidies-Iire with fire. We
had no reason to be ashamed Of the terms.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, believed that such
meetings were moulding public sentiment
to the pitch of compelling Congress to act
rightly in the matter. 1t was not the ship
ping industry alone that was at stake; 1t
was our naval importance In the event OF
danger from outside.-Press Telegram.
The one reason why American ships
cannot carry as cheaply as English vessels
is that the first cost OF the ship, because of
the tariff on raw materials, places 1t beyond
the power of competition; and a foreign
market can never be found for our manu-
features so long as tax on raw materials
makes their first cost greater than the first
cost of foreign manufactures Take off
both tariffs and neither bounties nor subsi.
sizes will be necessary to make a foreign
market for American manufactures. The
truth is, our manufacturers are so hampered
by tariff iniquities, which makes their
goods cost too much, that they are fenced
out of foreign markets as etfectually as if
surrounded by a Chinese wall without gates.
Congress by bounties might sail ships, but
those ships will never carry American
goods so long as the foreigner can beat the
American on low prices In foreign markets.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

At an election for President, held during
the Anti-Poverty fair in New York, Henry
George was elected, with Jas. G. Blaine
a close second. Yet there are people who
insist that the cat in the George meal-tub
Is Democratic animal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
HOW HE HAS TRAVELLED OVER THE
COUNTRY.
Pictures showing the Enthusiasm Of His
Reception In Chicago and Cumbersome
Interesting Incidents Of His Journey.
Judge Eilett's Denth-Niinor Matters.

Grover Cleveland, at the time Of his
election, had travelled less than any pre-
vious president, less indeed than any dis
tinguished public man, More than any
other prominent American his experience
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

100 beOtlUloDtdID 100 etuoTchi
And when they've kissed, what else, pray
ist
But shameful waste of the raw material
-Yonker's Gazette.
1t Is said that the first Napoleon's skele
ton has been stolen. No matter, the En-
peror is done with it.-Alta California.
At the play, the other night,
She, a vision of delight,
Our hearts had set a-thumping by bel
glances;
But the charm was soon dispelled,
For boy behind US yelled:
"Oh, golley, see the way that grandma
Dances" Boston Budget.
A gentleman entered phrenologist's Of
flee in Boston and asked TO have his head
examined. After moments inspection
the professor started back, exclaiming-
Good heavens! you have the most unac.
countable com bination of attributes / ever
Uncovered in human being. Were your
parents eccentric ?"
mo, sir" replied the all around charac-
ter meekly, "but my wife Is. You needn't
pay any attention to the larger bumps, sir. y
-Bmlington Free Press.
Now In the parlOr meet the pair
When the golden day is done,
Two forms with but one rocking chair,
Two hearts that beat as one.
Boston Courier.
Solemnly all the cedars
Stand In the afterglow;
Everything is silent
Except the circling crow.
The flowers are softly fading,
The leaves make Il gorgeous mat,
And woe unto him who's wearing
At present white high hat.
Puck.
"Witness" said lawyer in the police
court the other day, "you speak of Mr.
Smith being we'll off. Is he worth $4,000
mo, sab"
1.-TWO thousand ?"
"No, sab; he hain't WORT $50"
"Then how is he we'll off,
"Got wife who sports de hull family,
sab !"-DetroH Free Press,
FAREWELL, my hat of straw; a
strange vicissltude robs thee of all
my former deep solicitude. You're
laid aside with sundry summer
jollities; with picnics, sleigh
rides, and such gay frivolities,
Your glory's faded, long past ripe maturity
Now rest serene, In darkness and obscurity
Come hence, my sober tile Of
sombre black. Cold wealth
er swiftly comes upon the
track of summer, and by an
unchanging law you follow
and supplant my summer
straw. Adventures wait you.
Though you may escape the
moth which hovers meath
your band of Grape, you
may victim fall ere many
days 10 some fat woman
who three hundred weighs.
I'll You are my trusted friend; er.
stick what though men smile togeth-
to because little out of style. hang
you you
through every shoot you while
kind of weather, and will not
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
WHEN YOU TRAVEL

Line selected BY the United States Government to carry
the Fast Mai--the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
BriC-R-BrAC.

When women kiss, to vague the bliss,
Too sentimental, too ethereal;
And when they've kissed, what else, pray
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07
REV. DIR. JOSEPH PARKER,

Rev. DR.. JOSEPH PARKER. the IA
NOUS Congregational preacher of Lon.
don when asked by.ssa. New York re-
porter If there was any truth in the re-
port that he would succeed Henry Ward
Beecher in Plymouth Church, respond
ed: '.Are you going to dine with Queen
Victoria next week." The reporter in.
timated that he was not to his know
ledge s.And you probably won't formu-
late any very definite decision on the sub
ject until you are invited, . the doctor
said, with a mercy laugh, and then he
added, and there was a suggestion o,
deep meaning IN the way he did il.
.But Of course you wouldn't refuse
such an invitation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.

PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
The Democrats Of Pennsylvania held
their state convention at Allentown on the
3lst. Among those prominent were Con
gressmen s. j. Randall and W. L. Scott, the
latter being chairman of the committee on
resolutions. The resolutions reaffirm the
Chicago platform of 1884, fully endorses
the administration of President Cleveland
as wise. sagacious and patriotic, approves
and convict labor, favors liberal pensions to
deserving Union soldiers and sailors, and
refer to the action of the present admins
tration in adding to the pension rolls a
larger number than was ever before placed
thereon in a corresponding period, while at
the same time protecting the treasury from
fraudulent claims, as proof of this fact;
points with pride to the fact that since the
Democratic party has been in power in any
branch of the federal government, not one
acre of the public lands has been granted to
corporations, nor has any land grant been
revived or extended; condemns the Repubi-
can legislature of the state for its crime
against the commonwealth in placing upon
should have been borne by corporation; ex-
presses sympathy with Parnel and Glad
stone in their efforts for the oppressed of
Ireland; condemns monopolies and de-
mands tho restrictions of corporate power;
commends the National administration for
restoring to the people 100, 100000 acres of
the public domain wrongfully held by cor
porations. Hon. j. Ross Thompson of Erie
was nominated for Supreme Court Judge
and Bernard j. McGrann of Lancaster for
Treasurer of State.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

GEORGE CHARLES SPENCER CHURCH
I'LL, Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of
Blandford, Earl of Sunderland, Baron
Spencer of Warmleighton. Baron
Churchill of Sandridge, Prince of the
the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of
Mendelheim in Suabia, has arrived in
New Yo1k. He will remain in the
country six weeks, visiting all the lead
Ing watering places and pleasure re-
1Orts
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Prince Thokore Sahib, of Limbdi,
called at the White House and paid his re-
spects to the President.
It is the intention of the President to
spend the next few weeks at Oak View. He
regards this as his vacation time.
Rear Admiral John Lee Davis has
been received from duty as president of the
retiring board and placed on the retired
list.
A party of Dutch naval officers at
tatched to the Queen Emma, now lying at
New York, made an informal call on the
President.
AS Jud &c McCue declines, the Presi-
dent has appointed Prof. G.. Brown Goode,
assistant director of the national museum.
to be commissioner of fish and fisheries, vice
Prof. s. F. Baird, deceased.
:. Supervising Inspector General Du-
mont has decided that the hulls and boilers
of all steam yachts, no matter how small,
must undergo inspection, and that their
pilots and engineers must be licensed.
Treasury department officials estimate
that the reduction in the public debt during
August will be about $500, 900. This com.
paratively light monthly reduction 8 au-
counted for by the unusual heavy pension
draft for August, which amounted to fully
$l6 900.
Notwithstanding the large pension
payments this month, amounting to sl6,.
50O, 600, the receipts for the month to date
o. KIM mn w ~
totat expenditures during the same period.
The receipts have averaged over 81, O0O, OOO'a
day and now amount to $S3, S14,5S5. ~
The President will issue proclama-
ton allowing the free entry of the arms,
muitions and baggage of such foreign
military organizations as may desire to
participate In the National Military En-
campment and Drill, to be held in Chicago
In October next, upon satisfactory assul.
ances being given that none of the arms
shalt be permitted to remain in this country.
Judge Alexander McCue Of New York,
Solicitor Of the Treasury, has been appointed
Commissioner Of Fish and Fisheries to sue
coed the late Prof, Baird of the Smithsonian
Institute. There Is no salary attached to
the office, Congress intending it to be filled
cd 9 aSns e ne dea
the position.
The report from Copenhagen that the
Gear ID III with Rheumatism, and carries his
arm In q sling because Of the pain arising
from that maladY, Is not generally believed
there, but rather 1t is suspected that he ID
suffering from the effects OF a wound re-
ceived from the pistol Of the Nihilist, who,
disguised a8 an officer Of the guards, fired at
the Emperor as he was journeying from st.
Petersburg to Krasazselo q few DAYS ago.
So Up to Sept. 1, the total coinage 81
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

The Empress Elizabeth of Austria al
ways takes the either with her whenever
she visits her mother, the Duchess Lud-
0vica of Bavaria, who is very fond of
hearing her daughter perform on that
instrument. The Empress received the
first instruction in zither-playing from
her fathe.', and subsequently took les
sons of the first masters of Vienna.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

standard silver dollars amounts to S27O, 200,
III. OF this amount $56, 9s7, 689 are in
circulation against $56, 692,820 on Sept. 1,
1885. Government receipts for August
We're very heavy, aggregating $35, 6l9,115
against $50, 1856 IN August last year.
The customs receipts were $22, 6S6, 76S, or
$1,000, 000 more than in August 1886 The
internal revenue receipts were SIC, 850, 1893,
receipts from miscellaneous sources were
nearly half million more than in August
a year ago. The expenditures during
August We're $2s, ~, 162--about $500, 900 less
than in August, 1885.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

IT is the opinion in London that Sir
John Macdonald will be asked to rep
resent Canada on the Fisheries Com
mission. Sir Lionel Sackville West,
British Minister at Washington, will
also join the commission. MIR, Joseph
Chamberlain will leave for America at
an early day-probably as soon as the
present session of Parliament closes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

cUNCLE'' WILLIS BLACKWELL, who
ives near Great Bend, is probably the
oldest man in Kansas. He was born a
slave in Fauquier County, Virginia,
Nov. 20. 1875. He owns a good farm
which he will neither mortgage no,
sell, and the county supports him, he
having outlived all his family. He is
an inyeterate tobacco-chewer. and in.
sists that if he were to leave off he
would die.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

INDIAN-CoMM1ss1oNER ATKINS has
ordered the removal forthwith from the
Ute reservation of all persons found
thereon whose presence in any way
tends to disturb the peace and quiet of
the Indians, and if found necessary to
carry out this order to call upon the
military for assistance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

WILLIAM L. MILLER of Charleston, S.
c., has at his office two immense iron
shells, said to be the first two shots
fred at Battery Wagner at. the be-
ginning of the war. The shells were
never exploded, and weigh 200 pounds
each.